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Small stiff-tailed diving duck with a relatively slender dished bill.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Male has intense chestnut and black plumage, bright blue bill. Female is dark grayish. Much longer and less chunky bill than Musk Duck.
Floats very low in the water, and unlikely to be seen on land. Usually observed on the water on deep wetlands.
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